Senior executives at JPMorgan Chase expressed serious doubts about the legitimacy of Bernard L. Madoff’s investment business more than 18 months before his Ponzi scheme collapsed but continued to do business with him, according to internal bank documents made public in a lawsuit on Thursday. On June 15, 2007, an obviously high-level risk management officer […]
Christiane Amanpour of ABC News just posted the following on ABC: I’ve just left the presidential palace in Cairo where I met for about 30 minutes with president Mubarak. He
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that found an Ohio judge’s courtroom display of the Ten Commandments unconstitutional. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
If the planet is warming, why is a third of America locked in a deep freeze, with record-low temperatures as far south as the Mexican border, where the thermometer in
[The following Op-Ed was written by Tevi Troy] As America marks the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth, we will be remembering one of our country’s greatest leaders with speeches, tributes and television specials. Friends of Israel will have a special reason to celebrate: Reagan made the Republican Party into the unambiguously pro-Israel party that […]
In the aftermath of the “Great Recession”, it has become harder than ever for frum families to achieve economic stability. Costs are rising while salaries have fallen – and many frum families, whose expense sheets include tuition, kosher food, and large families, have nowhere to cut back. Meanwhile, many young fathers who are contemplating leaving […]
FBI and Army officials repeatedly ignored multiple warning signs that could have prevented the November 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, according to a long-awaited report released Thursday by two
A neo-Nazi organization whose events have attracted sometimes violent counterprotests will hold a rally in front of the Statehouse on April 16, said the group’s New Jersey representative, Jason Hiecke. The National Socialist Movement will hold a two-day conference in the area, including a rally of 75 to 150 people on the second day, Hiecke […]
Just ahead of today’s City Council hearing on Wal-Mart’s possible move to the city, the retail giant has reached a deal with a key construction union. The agreement with the
[The following Op-Ed was written by David Suissa] They warned us. The geniuses at Peace Now warned us. The brilliant diplomats warned us. The think tanks warned us. Even the
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani called in an interview with CNN for Israel to talk to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and convince him to elect a group of officers,
A young Egyptian woman claims that the Mossad trained her to assist in bringing down Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s regime. In an interview with Egypt’s Al Mehwar network the woman,
Rabbi Yisroel Meir Gabey, a man known to travel the globe to try and fix neglected Kevarim, just returned from visiting Israel’s most bitter enemy, Iran. There, he visited the
The following article headlined “Where’s Mayor Daley” is currently on the front page of NBC Chicago. When severe weather strikes, city officials always issue a reminder that the more fortunate
Calls for protests in Syria are spreading on social media websites, following popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Organisers say protests will be staged in front of the parliament in
The following is a BBC report: A Jewish charity which monitors acts of anti-Semitism in the UK says it recorded 639 incidents of violence, threats and abuse last year. The
Brooklyn’s notoriously toxic Gowanus Canal is such a health hazard that the feds today specifically warned the public not to fall in the water or to eat fish or crabs from it. The US. Environmental Protection Agency — which is overseeing a $500 million Superfund cleanup of the 1.8-mile canal — released a study confirming […]
The Wednesday evening nuptials of Sarah Finkel and Shmulie Schochet gave new meaning to the term “white wedding.” The bride, a Skokie native, and the groom, who hails from Toronto, had decided to hold their marriage ceremony midweek so that out-of-town guests could then enjoy a long weekend in Chicago, explained Phil Finkel, the father […]
Up until this point, news outlets – including Al Jazeera – have been refraining from placing the blame of the latest violence, seen on Wednesday and early Thursday morning, directly
Heavy gunfire reverberated in central Cairo before dawn Thursday as supporters and foes of embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak continued to face off at Tahrir Square, where chunks of concretes
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